Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Chennai Super Kings clinch last over thriller against Sunrisers Hyderabad

Dwayne Bravo consistently bowled in the block hole in a tense finish as Chennai Super Kings prevailed over a weakened Sunrisers Hyderabad by four runs to consolidate their position at the top of the order in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Given the responsibility of bowling the final over with SRH requiring 19 runs, the composed Dwayne Bravo was hit for six and a four by Rashid to bring the equation to six off one. Bravo managed to get it on the block hole and Rashid could only manage a single. (Source: IPL)

Dwayne Bravo and Harbhajan Singh of the Chennai Superkings along with Carlos Brathwaite and, Shikhar Dhawan of the Sunrisers Hyderabad enjoyed a light moment before the start of the match. (Source: IPL)

Invited to bat after the coin landed in favour of Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson, Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck early to pick up the wicket of Shane Watson. (Source: IPL)

CSK were well served by Ambati Rayudu's smashing knock of 79 off only 37 balls and Suresh Raina's brisk 43-ball 54. The duo of Rayudu and Raina added 112 runs for the third wicket as SRH struggled for breakthroughs (Source: IPL)

MS Dhoni blazed his way to a 12-ball 25, hitting three boundaries and a six, as the two-time champions crossed 180. (Source: IPL)

SRH's start was worse than their opponents as they lost three wickets in the six powerplay overs - all of them falling prey to Chahar. (Source: IPL)

From 22 for three, SRH moved to 71 in the 11th over when Shakib Al Hasan (24) was dismissed by spinner Karn Sharma. Williamson, however, was not going to go down without a fight as the talismanic New Zealander conjured another half century partnership with Yusuf. (Source: IPL)

Williamson's knock contained five sixes and as many boundaries and had it not been for SRH's horrid start, he and Yusuf may have helped them cross the line (Source: IPL)